William mccord



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Be it known that I, WILLIAM Vh/leConD, of Sing Sing, inthe' county ofWestchester', and in the .Stateof New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Horse-Rakes; andI do hereby declare that thefollow- Ying is a full, clear, and exact description' thereof, whichwill enable those skilled'in the art-to make and use the lsame,reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, in which drawing- Figure 1' represents a sectional sideview of a horse-'rake made according to my invention.

Figure2 is a plan.

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This improvcment'consists in hanging the rake-'head on adjustable arms,radiating from the samein such a. manner that on raising the rake, therake-head is causedto describe a circlel'in a. doWnw'ard'and backwarddirection', and thereby the operation of discharging the hay from therake-teeth islmaterially facilitated. i

A representsia Aframe made of wood or any ther suitable material, andsupported by two wheels, B', as shown in tlfe drawing. From the mainframe, A, rises a secondary frame, B, which is placed in an obliquedirection, rising from the thill or draught-pole towards' the rake-head,and wihichpis adjustable by means of standards b', so that the Vpositionof `the rake in relation to the draught-pole or tliill can beaccommodated to the height, of the draught-animalf C is the rake-head,which, instead of being hung so that it revolves around its oivn axis,is provided withradius arms, e, from the outer ends of-which 'rise'standards d, through which passiv the pins e, connecting the rake-headwith the secondary frame B. From the upper` ends of the standards dextend rods g to arms h, which radiate from the rock-shaft t', and thisrock-shaft is operated either by afhandlever or treadle. By depressingthe treadle or pulling on the hand-lever,- the driver is enabled toraise the rake from the ground, and as the rake` rises, the head Cdescribes aLcircle lin a downward and backward direction round the pinse'as th'e centres. By this downward and backward motion of therake-head, the operation of dis. charging the hay from the rake ismaterially facilitated, since said head, on swinging down, strikes thehay and pushes it back from the teeth. No other device for clearing theteeth is required. The radius arms c are adjustable on the rake-head bymeans otslots and set-screws or bolts, so that the sweep of' said headcan be increased or diminished at pleasure. The teethj are-made of wireor other suitable material, and they form a regular curve of such ashape that their points, on coming in =contact with an obstruction 'onthe ground, are capable of springing back and up, and to clear suchobstructions, without being liable to become injuredor broken. Thevupper ends'ot' the teeth are bent toform coils of one or more turns,and the rake-head is provided with'notcbes, c, and holes Z, to receivethe end'sof the tee-th, asvclearly shown in the drawing. By these meansthe teeth are firmly retained in position, and they can be readily takenout and re-inserted without much lossof timefY The teeth are furtherstrengthened in their position by staples m, which are vsecured'in therakehead as shown, and wliiclfprevent the teeth from being turnedsideways, while they allow` them suiiicient play' Y in a verticaldirection to enable` them to clear any obstruction with which they maycome in contact.

By these means a simple, cheap, and durable horse-rake is obtained,which is readily adapted to draughtanininls of diflel'ent height, andwhich is not liable to get out ol' repair.

What I claim as new, and desire to Vsecure by Letters Patent, is-

The radius arms a, made adjustable on the rake-head C, and operating incombination with said rake-head,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' WM. McICORD.

' Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, Gao. F. SOUTHERN,

